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Matthew Leary

Data Scientist | Veteran | Tottenham Hotspur supporter

I enjoy working with data to solve business problems and build tools that help people work more efficiently. I found my way into data science and will stay for the continuous learning and the dash of detective work baked into each project.

Previously, I worked in public policy and public relations. I found it less exciting, although it taught me the importance and challenge of clearly communicating technical issues to a wider audience.

Education

M.S., Decision Analytics | M.B.A.

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, VA

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  • Distinguished Alumni Award for developing an alumni analytics meetup group

B.S., Political Science

Campbell University

Buies Creek, NC

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Professional Experience

Data Scientist

Markel Corporation

Richmond, VA

Present - 2018

  • Data scientist on an agile sprint team managing applications that help prioritize and monitor incoming business submissions
  • Develops, maintains, and deploys machine learning models, primarily GLMs, decisions trees, and dabbling in unsupervised techniniques
  • Experienced with the continuous deployment of machine learning models & applications to production environments with Azure DevOps
  • Part of a small team developing a new client prospecting system based on third-part data and past business activity
  • Communicates technical matters, such as model selection and maintenance, to business owners and works to advance the analytics capabilities within the company
  • Regularly uses R, Python, Git, SQL, and sources data from databases, XMLs, API calls, etc.
  • R advocate within the organization, exploring the development of internal R packages and promoting it’s use for analytics
  • Co-chairman of the Markel Veteran’s Network, an Employee Resource Group

Legislative and Military Liaison

Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles

Richmond, VA

2018 - 2014

  • Advisor to the commissioner and senior executives of an 1,800-person organization, representing the commissioner at the state legislature and senior-level meeting
  • Communicated agency policies to the General Assembly and Military installations
  • Project manager for a study requested by the General Assembly, coordinating with external stakeholders to include state agencies and private businesses
  • Explored automating manual reports and with R